Walkabout Checklist

During your walk, you can appreciate it more by being aware of your surroundings.
Look out for the habitat of those delicate flowers, the shy birds, and the elusive mammal. Print off this page and take it with you on your walk. Fill it in on your way round, so as to make it even more enjoyable!

Here is a short list of what you may see... and don't be put off if you only tick a couple of things first time around...there's always the next bend, the next hill, and the next walk. CF

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TYPE	SPECIES	NOTES
Reptiles & Amphibians	Snakes, Lizards, Newts, Toad, & Frog
Mammals	Badger, Deer (type), Fox, Hedgehog, Squirrel, Stoat, Polecat, Rabbit, Hare, Weasel, Shrew, Pine-Marten, Vole, Mice (type), Otter, Mink, Other
Animal Tracks	No... not railway tracks... animal ones...See Above!..... tsk...
Domestic & Farm	Horses (type), Sheep (type), Goats, Cattle (type), Poultry (type), Dogs (type), Peacock, Other
Birds	Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long tailed Tit, Crow, Chaffinch, Jay, Jackdaw, Lapwing, Flycatcher, Robin, Rook, Thrush, Treecreeper, Pheasant, Partridge, Wood-Pigeon, Wren, Kingfisher, Swift, Swallow, Lark, Dipper, Finches, Skylark, Other
Birds of Prey	Hawk, Peregrine, Kestrel, Other
Waders & Water Fowl	Coot, Grebe, Heron, Mallard, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Swan, Other
Owls	Barn, Long-Eared, Short-Eared, Tawny
Moths and Butterflies	Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Peacock, Comma, Orange-Tip, Fritillary, Other
Flying Insects	Wasp, Bee, Dragonfly, Damselfly, Ladybird, Other
Insects & Spiders	Ant, Beetles (type), Spiders (type), Cricket, Grasshopper, Other
Trees	Aspen, Willow, Cherry, Poplar, Alder, Elder, Ash, Beech, Yew, Birch, Hawthorn, Hazel, Rowan, Oak, Pine, Silver-Birch, Elm, Spruce, Other
Plants and Flowers	Bluebell, Bugle, Bramble, Dog Rose, Poppy, Buttercup, Columbine, Campion, Garlic, Heather, Gorse, Speedwell, Foxglove, Lily of the Valley, Meadowsweet, Primrose, Violet, Daffodil, Crane's-Bill, Other
Ferns	Bracken, Male Fern, Lady Fern, Other
Fungi	Sulphur Tuft, Coral Spot, Birch Polypore, Oyster Fungus, Mushroom, Stinkhorn, Brown Roll-Rim, Other Beware of Poisonous Species
Moss and Lichens	Moss, Map Lichen, Liverworts, Other
Other	Habitats, Seasonal Wildlife, Pubs, Beer, Incidents, Eclipses, Highs, Lows, Meals, Photographs, UFO Sightings, Strange bobble hats in bizarre colours, Waterfalls, Fights...

Useful Links

Mammals
RSPB
Reptiles and Amphibians
Plants and Flowers
Beer & Pubs
Child Safari

This page (and pictures) submitted by Crag Face. Good work, fella.

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